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Dongjoon. On 2025/12/16 11:03:39 Dongjoon Hyun wrote: > Hi, All. > > I've been working with Herman's PRs so far. > > As a kind of fact checking, I need to correct two things in RC3 thread. > > First, Herman claimed that he found a regression of Apache Spark 4.1.0, but > actually it's not true because Apache Spark 4.0.1 also has SPARK-53342 since > 2025-09-06. > > Second, although Herman shared us a patch since last Friday, Herman also made > another PR containing the main code change 9 hours ago. In addition, > unfortunately, it also didn't pass our CIs yet. It simply means that there is > no complete patch yet in the community for both Apache Spark 4.1.0 and 4.0.2. > > https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/53480 > ([SPARK-54696][CONNECT] Clean-up Arrow Buffers - follow-up) > > In short, he seems to block RC3 as a mistake. I'm re-checking the situation > around RC3 vote and `branch-4.1` situation. > > Dongjoon. > > > > > > > > > On 2025/12/15 14:59:32 Herman van Hovell via dev wrote: > > > > > I pasted a non-existing link for the root cause. The actual link is > > > > > here: > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-53342 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM Herman van Hovell < > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Dongjoon, > > > > > > > > > > > > Regarding your questions. > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. If you define a large-ish local relation (which makes us > > > > > > cache it > > > > > > on the serverside) and keep using it, then leak off-heap memory > > > > every time > > > > > > it is being used. At some point the OS will OOM kill the driver. > > > > While I > > > > > > have a repro, testing it like this in CI is not a good idea. As > > > > > > an > > > > > > alternative I am working on a test that checks buffer > > > > > > clean-up.For > > > > the > > > > > > record I don't appreciate the term `claim` here; I am not > > > > > > blocking a > > > > > > release without genuine concern. > > > > > > 2. The root cause is > > > > > > https://databricks.atlassian.net/browse/SPARK-53342 and not the > > > > large > > > > > > local relations work. > > > > > > 3. A PR has been open since Friday: > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/spark/pull/53452. I hope that I can get > > > > it > > > > > > merged today. > > > > > > 4. I don't see a reason why. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Herman > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM Dongjoon Hyun <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> How can we verify the regression, Herman? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> It's a little difficult for me to evaluate your claim so far due to > > > > the > > > > > >> lack of the shared information. Specifically, there is no update > > > > > >> for > > > > last 3 > > > > > >> days on "SPARK-54696 (Spark Connect LocalRelation support leak > > > > off-heap > > > > > >> memory)" after you created it. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Could you provide us more technical information about your Spark > > > > Connect > > > > > >> issue? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> 1. How can we reproduce your claim? Do you have a test case? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> 2. For the root cause, I'm wondering if you are saying literally > > > > > >> SPARK-53917 (Support large local relations) or another JIRA issue. > > > > Which > > > > > >> commit is the root cause? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> 3. Since you assigned SPARK-54696 to yourself for last 3 days, do > > > > > >> you > > > > > >> want to provide a PR soon? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> 4. If you need more time, shall we simply revert the root cause > > > > > >> from > > > > > >> Apache Spark 4.1.0 ? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Thanks, > > > > > >> Dongjoon > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On 2025/12/14 23:29:59 Herman van Hovell via dev wrote: > > > > > >> > Yes. It is a regression in Spark 4.1. The root cause is a change > > > > where > > > > > >> we > > > > > >> > fail to clean-up allocated (off-heap) buffers. > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > On Sun, Dec 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM Dongjoon Hyun > > > > > >> > <[email protected]> > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > Hi, Herman. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > Do you mean that is a regression at Apache Spark 4.1.0? > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > If then, do you know what was the root cause? > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > Dongjoon. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > On 2025/12/13 23:09:02 Herman van Hovell via dev wrote: > > > > > >> > > > -1. We need to get > > > > > >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SPARK-54696 > > > > > >> > > fixed. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > On Sat, Dec 13, 2025 at 11:07 AM Jules Damji < > > > > [email protected] > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > +1 non-binding > > > > > >> > > > > — > > > > > >> > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > >> > > > > Pardon the dumb thumb typos :) > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > On Dec 11, 2025, at 8:34 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Please vote on releasing the following candidate as > > > > > >> > > > > > Apache > > > > > >> Spark > > > > > >> > > > > version 4.1.0. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > The vote is open until Sun, 14 Dec 2025 09:34:31 PST and > > > > passes > > > > > >> if a > > > > > >> > > > > majority +1 PMC votes are cast, with > > > > > >> > > > > > a minimum of 3 +1 votes. > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache Spark 4.1.0 > > > > > >> > > > > > [ ] -1 Do not release this package because ... > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > To learn more about Apache Spark, please see > > > > > >> > > https://spark.apache.org/ > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > The tag to be voted on is v4.1.0-rc3 (commit > > > > > >> > > > > > e221b56be7b): > > > > > >> > > > > > https://github.com/apache/spark/tree/v4.1.0-rc3 > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > The release files, including signatures, digests, etc. > > > > > >> > > > > > can > > > > be > > > > > >> found > > > > > >> > > at: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/spark/v4.1.0-rc3-bin/ > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Signatures used for Spark RCs can be found in this file: > > > > > >> > > > > > https://downloads.apache.org/spark/KEYS > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > The staging repository for this release can be found at: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >> > > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachespark-1508/ > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > The documentation corresponding to this release can be > > > > found at: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/spark/v4.1.0-rc3-docs/ > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > The list of bug fixes going into 4.1.0 can be found at > > > > > >> > > > > > the > > > > > >> following > > > > > >> > > URL: > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/SPARK/versions/12355581 > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > FAQ > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > ========================= > > > > > >> > > > > > How can I help test this release? 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